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Adult Diploma Program

The state adult high school diploma is competency-based,diploma, completed through participation in an approved Minnesota Adult Basic Education program, and recognized by the state through a diploma awarded by Minnesota Department of Education.

Eligibility

Not enrolled in K-12 services

Must be 19 or older

Meet state required reading test score

Must maintain 75% attendance

Content Areas

English Language Arts

Mathematics

Career Development and Employability Skills, including Digital Literacy Skills

Social Studies

Science

Teachers will evaluate students’ work in the Adult Diploma Program to ensure completion of necessary competencies. Adult diploma students may successfully complete each competency through one of the following ways:

Prior Experience-Based Competency Verification (K-12, or postsecondary transcripts, work or other exoeriences

GED Preparation Program

The GED is a national high school equivalency assessment. GED preparation at Osseo ABE helps adults prepare to take and pass the assessment in order to obtain a high school credential. GED prep supports students in preparing for all four content areas.

Eligibility

Not enrolled in K-12 services

Must be 17 or older (students ages 17 and 18 must provide a letter confirming withdrawl from K-12 programming)

English Language Learning Program

English Language Learning (ELL) instruction is provided for immigrants and refugees who are learning English. ELL classes, from pre-literacy level to the advanced level, help students develop speaking, listening, reading, writing and grammar skills to communicate effectively in English. Osseo ABE offers six levels of ELL Classes from beginning to advanced. During registration student will take Reading and Listening tests, and then are placed in a class that best meets their needs.

ELL classes are offered at the Northwest Family Service Center and Willow Lane Early Childhood Center.

Family Literacy

Osseo ABE partners with Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) at Willow Lane to offer family EL (English Language) classes. Parents study English, participate in a parenting education class with other parents, and also attend parenting education with their child/children.

The Minnesota WorkForce Center - Brooklyn Park and Osseo Area Schools – ABE are excited to announce that we have been selected to host a Minnesota Opportunity Corps Opportunity Navigator for the 2018-2019 program year!

The Minnesota Opportunity Corps is a strategic partnership between Serve Minnesota, Reading & Math, Inc. and a number of non-profit organizations in the nine-county Metro area coming together to use the power of national service to assist Minnesotans with economic barriers to become more self-sufficient by gaining and retaining living-wage jobs.

We are looking for a motivated “people person” to start this fall and serve through August 2019. Members receive Global Career Development Facilitator training, on-going support, and robust professional development opportunities. In addition, members receive a modest living stipend, an education award of up to $5,920, health insurance, and transit and childcare benefits if eligible. All Opportunity Navigators will be trained to provide proven, best-practice experiences for partner organizations' participants.